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In 2001, Zhongmin Shen asked if it is possible for two projectively related Finsler metrics to have the same Riemann curvature tensor, [14, page 184]. In this paper, we provide an answer to this question, within the class of Finsler metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Ioan Bucataru

In the first part of this paper, we develop the theory of anisotropic curvature measures for convex bodies in the Euclidean space. It is proved that any convex body whose boundary anisotropic curvature measure equals a linear combination of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Ben Andrews , Yitao Lei , Yong Wei , Changwei Xiong

In the current paper, first we give the correct version of the formula for mean Berwald curvature of a spherically symmetric Finsler metric given in paper \cite{YCheWSon2015}. Further, we establish differential equations characterizing…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-03 Gauree Shanker , Sarita Rani

Scalar curvature invariants are studied in type N solutions of vacuum Einstein's equations with in general non-vanishing cosmological constant Lambda. Zero-order invariants which include only the metric and Weyl (Riemann) tensor either…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Bicak , V. Pravda

We extend the vanishing theorem for the Seiberg-Witten invariants of a manifold with positive scalar curvature to the case when the curvature is allowed to be negative on a set of small volume. (The precise curvature bounds are described in…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Daniel Ruberman

Finsler metrics with relatively non-negative (non-positive, respectively), constant and isotropic stretch curvatures are investigated in this paper. In particular, it is proved that every non-Riemannian $(\alpha, \beta)$-metric with a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Pejhman Vatandoost-Miandehi , Masoud Nikokar

First introduced to describe surfaces embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$, the Willmore invariant is a conformally-invariant extrinsic scalar curvature of a surface that vanishes when the surface minimizes bending and stretching. Both this invariant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Samuel Blitz

We use the technique of invariant frames to study a left invariant spray structure on a Lie group, and calculate its S-curvature and Riemann curvature, which generalizes the corresponding formulae in homogeneous Finsler geometry. Using the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Ming Xu

In this paper we introduce two new notions of sectional curvature for Riemannian manifolds with density. Under both notions of curvature we classify the constant curvature manifolds. We also prove generalizations of the theorems of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-27 William Wylie

A Riemannian metric is of constant curvature if and only if it is locally projectively flat. There are infinitely many locally projectively flat Finsler metrics of constant curvature, that are special solutions to the Hilbert's Fourth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhongmin Shen

In this paper, we study weakly orthogonally invariant Finsler metrics and derive explicit expressions for their Berwald and Landsberg curvatures. We then obtain the system of partial differential equations characterizing generalized Finsler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Newton Solórzano , Dik D. Lujerio Garcia , Víctor León , Alexis Rodríguez Carranza

In this paper, we consider projective deformation of the geodesic system of Finsler spaces by holonomy invariant functions: Starting by a Finsler spray $S$ and a holonomy invariant function $P$, we investigate the metrizability property of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-06 Salah G. Elgendi , Zoltan Muzsnay

For the Bach-flat closed manifold with positive scalar curvature, we prove a rigidity result under a given inequality involving the Weyl curvature and the traceless Ricci curvature. Moveover, under an inequality involving…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Guangyue Huang

The study of curvature properties of homogeneous Finsler spaces with $(\alpha, \beta)$-metrics is one of the central problems in Riemann-Finsler geometry. In the present paper, the existence of invariant vector fields on homogeneous Finsler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-18 Gauree Shanker , Sarita Rani

The development of projective invariant Weyl metrics in this paper offers a fresh perspective, as we establish the characteristics of both weakly-Weyl and generalized weakly-Weyl Finsler metrics. We thoroughly examine the connections…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Nasrin Sadeghzadeh , Meshkat Yavari

For a Finsler metric $F$, we introduce the notion of $F$-covariant coefficients $H_i$ of the geodesic spray of $F$ (Def. 3.1). We study some geometric consequences concerning the objects $H_i$. If the $F$-covariant coefficients $H_i$ are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-06 S. G. Elgendi , A. Soleiman , Nabil L. Youssef

Locally projectively flat metrics (or sprays) form a rich class of metrics (or sprays) in Finsler and spray geometry. The characterization of such metrics is the Hilbert Fourth Problem in the regular case. In this paper we study the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Zhongmin Shen , Runzhong Zhao

We analyse in a systematic way the (non-)compact four dimensional Einstein-Weyl spaces equipped with a Bianchi metric. We show that Einstein-Weyl structures with a Class A Bianchi metric have a conformal scalar curvature of constant sign on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Guy Bonneau

We provide a general B\"ochner type formula which enables us to prove some rigidity results for $V$-static spaces. In particular, we show that an $n$-dimensional positive static triple with connected boundary and positive scalar curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-17 H. Baltazar , E. Ribeiro

Let $ G $ be a connected Lie group with real Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g}$. Suppose $G$ is also a complex manifold. We obtain explicit holomorphic sectional and bisectional curvature formulas of left-invariant strongly pseudoconvex complex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Kuankuan Luo , Wei Xiao , Chunping Zhong